Thinking about Cyberpunk 2077 and the Haitian immigrants who were brought in to do construction on Night City and then were pushed to the crumbling city outskirts and walled off from the rest of the community economically, physically, and digitally when construction was halted.
Diversity in gaming isn't just about a skin color or a hair texture. It's about looking at our reality and thinking about how human behavior and our history would shape that fantasy. Not to be too much of a fangirl, but I wonder how much of an impact Pondsmith had on the game's development.
Feb 4, 2026 17:19The attention to detail in regard to antiblackness (Voodoo Boys and Haitian workers) and anti-Indigenous sentiment (Nomad clans) as well as colonialism in Latin America (Lat-Am wars) probably went over the heads of many players but they were like flashing neon signs to me.
